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Time to find the oldest books on your TBR and to make a decision to get them read.

Ashley

Bea

Blarneygod

Charity

Christina

Claire

Coralie

Dree

Katherine

Lahni

Lauren

Luann

Lusie

Lyn (Readinghearts)

LynnB

Marie

Martha

Matt

Nicki

Sherri

Susan

Tien

LOST for 2016:

��1. Red Hills and Cotton - Read 4/26/16
��2. The Instructions - Read 10/6/16
��3. Down Home Murder -Read 1/27/16
��4. A Novel Bookstore - Read 4/22/16
��5. The Bells - Read 2/3/16
��6. Your Republic Is Calling You - Read 1/24/16
��7. I Still Dream About You - Read 5/31/16
��8. Cross Fire - Read 6/17/16
��9. The Distant Hours - Read 9/28/16
��10.The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey - Read 4/25/16

These were all added between February 24, 2011 and April 17, 2011.

This year, I'll again limit my books to ones I've already got (either on my Kobo or physically)

1. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester -Read 01/06
2. A Sense Of The World by Jason Roberts -Read 08/05
3. Dark Country (Dungirri #2) by Bronwyn Parry -Read 04/22
4. The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki -Read 02/14
5. Red Dust by Fleur McDonald -Read 12/05
6. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly -Read 06/07
7. The Third Victim (Quincy & Rainie #2) by Lisa Gardner -Read 04/29
8. Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable -Read 12/06
9. The Hand that first Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell -Read 12/15
10. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham -Read 12/16

COMPLETED as at 12/16

i might be in for this - i need to tackle books that have been lost in my kindle archives for years...I have a lost on TBR shelf that I'll be trying to use

I will have to see how this fits it with all the challenges next year but must tbr is getting well, large. I love this idea.

Bea wrote: "LOST for 2016:

1. Red Hills and Cotton - Non-fiction, Library
2. Questionable Behavior - SEARCH
3. Down Home Murder - SEARCH
4. [book:'Til Death Do Us P..."

I understand the library seadrch. i have 36 Books on an around the world challenge. ( the author must have lived or been born in another country). I don't own any of them and can't wait to see thehe librarian's face lol

LOST 2016, completed 22 Nov 2016
(limited to books I own or are at my library)
10/10

1. City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan by Beverly Swerling, Fiction, read 8 Nov 2016
2. Fire Watch by Connie Willis, Fiction, read 22 Nov 2016
3. A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm by Stanley Crawford, Non-Fiction, read 30 Jan 2016
4. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly, Fiction, read 31 Jan 2016
5. Winter Brothers: A Season at the Edge of America by Ivan Doig, Non-Fiction, read 25 July 2016
6. This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind by Ivan Doig, Non-Fiction
7. The Songcatcher by Sharyn McCrumb, Fiction, read 29 June 2016
8. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry, Non-Fiction, read 8 April 2016
9. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James D. Bradley, Non-Fiction, read 18 Oct 2016
10. Jerusalem Maiden by Talia Carner, Fiction, read 25 Oct 2016

My books for 2016
Capricornia
The Hungry Tide
The Bath Fugues
House of Suns
Life and Fate
The Master Butchers Singing Club
Silent in the Grave
What Angels Fear
The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel

Competed November 30.

Two of these are from previous years. Must finish.


1. Bonded
2. The Physician
3. Muchacho 3/5/16
4. Surrender My Love DNF
5. Into the Free
6. Please Look After Mom 4/8/16
7. Maine DNF
8. The Cat's Table DNF
9. The Girl Below DNF
10. The Last Werewolf DNF
11. The Age of Miracles 5/22/16

So many DNFs! My taste in books has definitely changed since these were added. Seeing this, I have cleaned my TBR until it's now in the 300 range, down from 1200.

Once again I will go for it, but we shall see:

1. A Tale of Two Cities
2. The Poisonwood Bible
3. The Fire
4. The Mists of Avalon
5. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
6. The Way of the Traitor
7. Déjà Dead
8. Sweet Revenge
9. His Majesty's Dragon
10. Dragonfly in Amber

I have 15 LOST books and will try to read 10 of them.

1. Glimmerglass
2. The Fountainhead
3. I Know This Much Is True
4. She's Come Undone
5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
7. Atlas Shrugged
8. The Maze Runner
9. The Golden Compass
10. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
11. Uglies
12. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
13. A Little Princess
14. Lolita
15. Papa Married a Mormon

Total Complete: 0

Will post later, but I think I will be pretty much rolling over this year. Think I only read 4 or so off the list ...

Since this is the only challenge I've completed so far this year, I am definitely in. I think many of these books are on my previous challenges so maybe I'll finish some of them up as well in the process. They are all Dale Brown sequels so I'm skipping some to read in order versus when I actually posted them to my TBR shelf.

1. Nerve Center Read 1/20/2016
2. Razor's Edge Read 4/21/2016
3. Piranha Read 6/16/2016
4. Strike Zone Read 8/10/2016
5. Armageddon Read 9/6/2016
6. Satan's Tail Read 12/2/2016
7. End Game Read 2/5/2017
8. Retribution Read 2/16/2017
9. Revolution Read 2/28/2017
10. Whiplash Read 4/12/2017

I will go for ten books in 2016 while also finishing up my 2015 list:

1. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal 5-12-16 ****
2. Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back 12-8-16
3. Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories
4. Rosemary's Baby 4-23-16 ****
5. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail 5-4-16
6. Humans of New York 7-3-17 ****
7. The Kite Runner 2-27-16
8. Bossypants 1-18-16
9. Cash
10. Innocence 7-31-16 **

i will have a look at mine
1.The Piano Player's Son
2. Sakura
3. Cold Winter Rain
4. Seasons of the Soul
5. What Dreams May Come
6. For One More Day
7. History of the Rain
8. Left and Leaving
9. Edna in the Desert
10. The Corrections

Marie wrote: "5. What Dreams May Come"

One of my all time favorites!

I definitely need to do this this year! My longest-on-TBR are from 2008! I also went through and cleaned out a bunch that I will never read or don't have easily available. Such a nice feeling.

Update: I swapped one out for my VERY oldest on TBR, Thomas and the Warlock, which I was able to get through an ILL at my library. Yay!

1. Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde -- read 9/9/16
2. First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde -- read 10/21/16
3. Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld -- read 2/10/16
4. Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld -- read 2/16/16
5. Thomas and the Warlock by Mollie Hunter -- read 11/11/16
6. An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle -- read 11/23/16
7. The Palace of Laughter by Jon Berkeley -- read 9/28/16
8. Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson -- read 4/5/16
9. The Thief of Always by Clive Barker -- read 3/7/16
10. Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli - read 4/14/16

Finished so far: 10/10

Luann wrote: "I definitely need to do this this year! My longest-on-TBR are from 2008! I also went through and cleaned out a bunch that I will never read or don't have easily available. Such a nice feeling.

1. ..."

LUANN!! how good to see you here! Hope you can join us this year!

Here's to a better LOST year for me! My 2016 books:

1. The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle
2. The Private Science of Louis Pasteur
3. Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
4. A Problem from Hell
5. The Ancestor's Tale : A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
6. Coming of Age in the Milky Way
7. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
8. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
9. The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery
10. The True History of Chocolate

And the leftovers from 2015:

11. Salt: A World History
12. The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive & the Secret History of the KGB
13. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Have finally rolled over the list, and added a few extras. 16 books for me, which can be found here:

/review/list...

You can find the challenge widget, here

This is one of the most successful challenges for me so I'm in again.

2016 LOST - Longest on Shelf TBR
Complete: 5/10

�� 1. Blood Magic by Jennifer Lyon, Added: May 30, 2011 / Read: July 20, 2016
�� 2. Darkness Dawns by Dianne Duvall, Added: August 21, 2011 / Read: April 5, 2016
�� 3. Marked by Moonlight by Sharie Kohler, Added: July 18, 2011 / Read: July 16, 2016
�� 4. His Darkest Hunger by Juliana Stone, Added: August 21, 2011 / Read: March 19, 2016
5. Dark Deceptions by Dee Davis, Added: August 21, 2011
6. Living on the Edge by Shannon K. Butcher, Added: October 12, 2011
7. Ravished by a Highlander by Paula Quinn, Added: October 15
�� 8. The Empath by Bonnie Vanak, Added: October 14, 2011 / Read: October 17, 2016
9. Deadly Descent by Kaylea Cross, Added: October 17, 2011
10. Inside by Brenda Novak, Added: December 10, 2011

All books were added in 2011

Tien wrote: "You can find the challenge widget, here"

It's not registering when I enter my shelf :(

Amanda wrote: "Tien wrote: "You can find the challenge widget, here"

It's not registering when I enter my shelf :("

Is anyone having the same issue? Amanda, could you try again, please? Maybe GR was just having a funny moment then, as I can see a few of us are noted under the widget, tx!

Most of these books are from last year's challenge...
1. Rose in Bloom - READ! 3/24/16
3. Eight Cousins - READ! 2/19/16
4. Jo's Boys
5. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
6. Gulliver's Travels
7. A Tale of Two Cities
8. The Poisonwood Bible
9. Love in the Time of Cholera
10. Great Expectations -Read! 10/25/16

Blarneygod wrote: "Most of these books are from last year's challenge...
Last year, I managed two... Hopefully this year I am able to do better! "

You can do it, Blarneygod! I've started one of mine today :)

Good intentions... I'd probably rush the last half yet again at the end of this year ;p

You have some good classics on your list, Blarneygod. Hope you enjoy your reading this year.

I am waiting for the library to determine my own list. (I requested the books listed as SEARCH.)

And... I'm off to a flying start, my first LOST book read! *sigh* I'm good at flying start but do not have the will to sustain it lol

Thanks Bea and Tien for the encouragement! Great job Tien on reading your first Lost book already!

Well, I heard back from the library, and, so far, they have found three of the five SEARCH books. I picked them up yesterday and have adjusted my post (#2) to reflect this. Since they are borrowed from other libraries outside of our region, I will need to make those books a priority as they cannot be renewed and the fine is substantial ($1/day). This should help me make a big dent in my LOST 2016 list.

Bea wrote: "Well, I heard back from the library, and, so far, they have found three of the five SEARCH books. I picked them up yesterday and have adjusted my post (#2) to reflect this. Since they are borrowed ..."

Good luck, Bea! It's so hard even prioritising library loans! How long is the loan period usually? It's 3 weeks for us...

Tien wrote: "Bea wrote: "Well, I heard back from the library, and, so far, they have found three of the five SEARCH books. I picked them up yesterday and have adjusted my post (#2) to reflect this. Since they a..."

For these other library loans, it varies. One is due 1/25, one 1/28 and the third 2/4. So the good thing is that they are staggered.

LOST for 2016:

��The Moai Murders - finished 3/11
��Future Hope - finished 11/3
��Metro 2033 - marked as "won't finish" 10/18
��Gods Tomorrow - finished 3/5
��Death Turns a Trick - finished 5/28
��Flashback - finished 6/19
��The End of Marking Time - finished 11/10
��Majipoor Chronicles - finished 10/21
��The Collected Stories of Greg Bear - finished 10/4
��The Bacon Fancier: Four Tales - finished 4/9

COMPLETED
last updated 12/9/2016

Oops, Bea. I just noticed you didn't reserve a space to put the links to everyone's shelf. Were you planning to just use your first message for that?

Susan wrote: "Oops, Bea. I just noticed you didn't reserve a space to put the links to everyone's shelf. Were you planning to just use your first message for that?"

I forgot to do that. Sure, I can put it in the first post. I will need to learn how to do it. Can you message me the method of connecting to a particular post?

Hey everyone, I have just joined this group. I love this challenge! I've so many books on my TBR that I don't even know what is on it anymore...I see I have even added a books in 2013 I yet have to read. I'm going to find out which of the books on my list are available at the library and later I'll come back to post my list here.

Group Pick-a-shelf - Lusie's Lost 2016
Rules | Shelf
Duration: December 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016.
Books read: 11 / 11

Exodus of the Xandim [15-jan-2016] ★★★★
Never Go Back [5-nov-2016] ★★★★
The First Pillar [08-oct-2016] ★★
The Curse of the Mistwraith [10-nov-2016] dnf
The Moment of Everything [12-jan-2016] ★★��
Beautiful Ruins [22-oct-2016] ★★��
The Hunt for Atlantis [30-jan-2016] ★★
The Slow Regard of Silent Things [02-feb-2016] ��
Trust Me, I'm Lying [17-sep-2016] ★★��
Tell No Lies [27-oct-2016] ★★��
The Wise Man's Fear [22-jan-2016] ★★★★

Lusie wrote: "Hey everyone, I have just joined this group. I love this challenge! I've so many books on my TBR that I don't even know what is on it anymore...I see I have even added a books in 2013 I yet have to..."

Welcome, Lusie! And great to see you jumping straight in!

Hm, I've not read any of the books on your list so good luck & I hope there are some good ones there!

Thanks Tien!
I think most of those books on my list are fantasy books.
I hope too there will be some good ones among them.

Tien wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Tien wrote: "You can find the challenge widget, here"

It's not registering when I enter my shelf :("

Is anyone having the same issue? Amanda, could you try again, please? Maybe GR ..."

Have tried again and not working still. I had the same trouble in another group and had to make another shelf. Might need to try the same. That, or I am having issues with Firefox again ...

I'll PM you, Amanda!

My LOST list is now completely created (post #2). The librarian said that the remaining two books did not seem to be owned by any library, so I have substituted two other books.

I have finished reading one of the books on my lost shelve! It was an easy read about a store for used books.

Lusie wrote: "I have finished reading one of the books on my lost shelve! It was an easy read about a store for used books."

yay! a very good start then, Lusie :)

Thanks Tien :)

Finished my first LOST book for this year.

Bea wrote: "Finished my first LOST book for this year."

woohoo! Good start, Bea, was it a good one?

Tien wrote: "Bea wrote: "Finished my first LOST book for this year."

woohoo! Good start, Bea, was it a good one?"

Actually, I just finished the second one also, which was a fast cozy mystery read. The first book read was about a North Korea spy who was living in South Korea and was written by a Korean author. I liked it and found much of the writing interesting...but not a book I really enjoyed like the second one.

My 10 Oldest...
1. Dec 2012 The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star 12/11/16
2. Dec 2012 Destined for an Early Grave
3. Dec 2012 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
4. Dec 2012 The Shining
5. Dec 2012 Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 10/21/16
6. Dec 2012 The Golden Compass
7. Dec 2013 A Kiss of Shadows
8. Dec 2013 Heart of the Dragon
9. Dec 2013 Hallowed
10. Dec 2013 Balthazar

Christina wrote: "My 10 Oldest..."

Welcome, Christina!

I've only recently acquired the whole set of Evernight series. A friend was spring cleaning so I couldn't resist when it's the full set :p

You look like you've got a variety of genre there on your list -good luck! :)